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When selling cars online, it’s imperative to ensure your automotive internet sales processes are up-to-date, impactful, and streamlined. Car dealerships are no longer purely physical places. Automotive retail has changed, and for the better (in our opinion). The car dealership website is now just as much of a showroom as your in-store showroom is, and is now built on top …
Dealer marketing has gotten a lot harder in the post-pandemic world. People have adjusted their spending priorities and changed where and how they shop. Unless you change your training and strategies to match, your brand will end up in the dust. It’s all about digital platforms now, and the trend shows no signs of slowing anytime soon. More people who …
This blog was updated on 3/21/2024 Are you thinking about your automotive social media marketing efforts? In 2021, nearly 63% of the entire world’s population actively used social media for almost 2.5 hours a day. This statistic is simply staggering, and there is something pretty invaluable for those in the automotive industry to infer from this: Those people drive cars. …
Okay, so you know you need to put out car ads, but you’re not sure where to put your efforts. Maybe you’ve run a few campaigns with minimal success. Maybe worse, you dumped a respectable amount of money into a car ad platform that returned nothing but a few wishy-washy leads. Dealership marketing isn’t easy, but you’re not alone! If …
Now that almost every business has an online presence, getting online reviews is a normal part of everyday life. Still, it can be challenging to know the best way to respond to customer feedback. And with automotive reputation, unfortunately, being historically mediocre, you’ll likely run into a few difficult customers when you have increased review quantity. There’s always a temptation …
It’s not good enough to close the ticket when the chat ends. Your follow-up methods can have a significant impact on future customer interactions. Your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) team needs to address every chat request quickly and professionally. Suppose a lead asks a question about a potential purchase or has a service inquiry. In that case, it’s essential to …
When we talk about quality as a concept, a few things usually come to mind. Some describe it as the degree of excellence of something (or someone!). Others may say it’s about meeting certain expectations. Vague at best. But when we talk about quality in a chat evaluation, it’s important to know what characteristics you’re measuring and why. ActivEngage Director …
It doesn’t matter how you sell; your dealership can thrive with Facebook leads on the bottom line. If you’re still not convinced about investing in automotive marketing on Facebook, here’s a quick snapshot of why you should: Facebook still has the largest user database out of all social platforms, with 2.32 billion monthly users as of the end of 2018 …
What’s missing in automotive digital retailing? That’s a question many of us in the automotive industry have investigated for years, particularly in 2020. I interviewed some car dealers and found five digital retailing questions and concerns frequently brought up during the discussion on my quest to find out. Misconceptions and misguided assumptions are the enemy of a proper process and …
